XIII. Answer the questions to the article using active vocabulary

1. When did the British Prime Minister pay his first one-day official visit to Russia?

2. Who was D. Cameron accompanied by during his visit to Moscow?

3. Why was that visit considered to be a landmark event in the British-Russian relations?

4. What moot political issues have aggravated the bilateral relations between the UK and Russia in the last few years? Why can’t the parties bridge these differences?

5. Was the visit of the British PM aimed at strengthening business links?

6. What talks did D. Cameron hold with the Russian Head of State and Prime Minister?

7. Why was it vital for both parties to set a balance of interests an build up pragmatic cooperation abandoning their political obsessions?

8. Did Britain and Russia manage to iron out the differences on contentious political issues?

XIV. Turn to current press materials and find the information

1. what delegation paid a visit to this country recently;

2. when the delegation arrived in the country;

3. at whose invitation the delegation visited Russia;

4. what kind of visit it was;

5. who headed the delegation;

6. who was the delegation welcomed by;

7. who was the delegation welcomed by;

8. who the delegation had talks with;

9. what problems were discussed during the talks.

You may use the following Internet resources

http://www.mid/ru

http://www.en.rian.ru

http://global.nytimes.com

http://www.washingtonpost.com

http://themoscownews.com

http://www.themoscowtimes.com

http://cnn.com

http://www.independent.co.uk

http://www.thetimes.co.uk

http://www.guardian.co.uk

http://www.telegraph.co.uk

http://www.aljazeera.com

UNIT II

Cooperation and agreement

Active vocabulary: words and word combinations

1. cooperation – сотрудничество

• versatile / multiform / multisided / many-sided cooperation – многостороннее сотрудничество

• fruitful cooperation – плодотворное сотрудничество

• comprehensive cooperation – всеобъемлющее сотрудничество

• cooperation in research work – сотрудничество в научно-исследовательской области

• scientific and technological cooperation – научно-техническое сотрудничество

• economic cooperation – экономическое сотрудничество

• resumption of cooperation – возобновление сотрудничества

• to cooperate / collaborate in the field (sphere, branch, area) of economy – сотрудничать в области экономики

• to offer cooperation – предлагать сотрудничество

• to promote cooperation – продвигать сотрудничество

• to intensify cooperation – усилить сотрудничество

2. an agreement (a contract, a deal, an accord) – соглашение, договор